| anglais > français | |
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| butterfly | |
| 1. n. Papillon de jour (insecte). | |
| 2. n. (Natation) Papillon. | |
| anglais > anglais | |
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| butterfly | |
| 1. n. A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring. |  |
| 2. n. A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed. | |
| butterfly tape | |
| 3. n. (swimming) The butterfly stroke. | |
| 4. n. (now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable. | |
| 5. v. To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly. | |
| butterflied shrimp | |
| Butterfly the chicken before you grill it. | |
| 6. v. To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it. | |
| français > anglais | |
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| papillon | |
| 1. n-m. butterfly | |
| Vif et léger comme un papillon. | |
| 2. n-m. (by extension) someone brilliant, versatile and inconstant | |
| 3. n-m. (fashion) knot | |
| 4. n-m. mechanics ellipsis of écrou papillon; wing nut, butterfly nut | |
| 5. n-m. (swimming) butterfly stroke | |
| Le record du monde en nage papillon. | |
| Nager le papillon. | |
| 6. n-m. (colloquial) parking ticket | |
| Les automobilistes parisiens ont fortement tendance à classer dans un tiroir les papillons qu'ils trouvent sur leur pare-brise. | |
| 7. n-m. (engineering) butterfly valve | |
| Minute papillon ! - Wait a minute! | |
